tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2022 Issue Q3

Industry Notes: Expect More Right of Access Scrutiny, Recent Cases Suggest

If your patients ask for a copy of their medical files, you don’t want to drag your feet on handing over that data. Why? Eleven recent Right of Access cases show that the feds remain fixated on patients’ rights to their protected health information (PHI) in a timely manner. Nuts and bolts: Last month, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reported that it had resolved 11 Right of Access violations, ranging from small settlements to massive ones. In September 2019, OCR instituted its Right of Access Initiative and has steadily been investigating violations — and enforcing this...

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